Driver charged with failure to use due care during morning fog

By STAFF REPORTS / Daily News

Published: Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at 12:44 PM.

NAVARRE — A 68-year-old woman was charged with failure to use due care during a heavy fog early Wednesday morning.

Eleanor A. Swan of Navarre was driving eastbound at 6:55 a.m. on U.S. Highway 98 in the inside lane approaching a red light when she failed to see the light had turned red because of a dense fog in the area, according to the Florida Highway Patrol press release.

Jose M. Aguilar, 30, of Navarre was heading southbound on Coral Parkway when the light turned green going onto Hwy. 98. While driving onto the roadway Aguilar’s 2004 Toyota pickup truck was hit in the front and right by Swan’s 2009 Jeep Sahara.

NAVARRE — A 68-year-old woman was charged with failure to use due care during a heavy fog early Wednesday morning.

Eleanor A. Swan of Navarre was driving eastbound at 6:55 a.m. on U.S. Highway 98 in the inside lane approaching a red light when she failed to see the light had turned red because of a dense fog in the area, according to the Florida Highway Patrol press release.

Jose M. Aguilar, 30, of Navarre was heading southbound on Coral Parkway when the light turned green going onto Hwy. 98. While driving onto the roadway Aguilar’s 2004 Toyota pickup truck was hit in the front and right by Swan’s 2009 Jeep Sahara.